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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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Can I say,
(a) He went to the library after he had taken his lunch.
(b) He went to the library after he had finished his lunch.
(a) He went to the library after he had taken his lunch.
(b) He went to the library after he had finished his lunch.
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In the US, we don't "take" our lunch. We take a lunch break, but we eat our lunch. So (a) is not idiomatic in the US.
- In the US, we don't "take" our lunch.
- We take a lunch break, but we eat our lunch.
- So (a) is not idiomatic in the US.
- (b) is fine.
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In the US, we don't "take" our lunch. We take a lunch break, but we eat our lunch. So (a) is not idiomatic in the US. (b) is fine.
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